Folding box packer and carrier



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FOLDING BOX PACKER AND CARRIER Filed March 6, 1950 3 Sheets-Sheet l I N VEN TOR.

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Qylmyb: 7244410, Wflwzw [Zara/00d 51 T ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 9, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FOLDING BOX PACKER AND CARRIER Harwood ,S. Taylor, J r., Elmira, N. Y., assignor to F. M. Howell & 00., Elmira, N. Y.

Application March 6, 1950, Serial No. 147,852

(01. ace-48) 1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to packers and fillers for use in packaging fragile articles in containers to protect them in transit and storage.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved and simplified packer so constructed that it can be lifted, together with the packed articles, from the container and readily carried or utilized for display purposes.

A further object of the invention is to provide such an improved combined packer and carrier as will efiiciently protect fragile articles, such as cups, saucers, plates and the like in transit, and materially simplify both the packing and the removal of the articles from the container.

Further objects of the invention will more particularly appear in the course of the following detailed description.

The invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement and combinations of parts as are hereinafter more particularly described and claimed.

Three sheets of drawings accompany this specification as part thereof, in which like reference characters indicate like parts throughout.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank for a packer for use in connection with cups;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the improved packer as applied to a container, with the fra ile cups in position;

Figure .3 is a vertical transverse cross section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 2,;

Figure 4 is a perspective of. the packer with its associated articles lifted from the container for use as a carrying receptacle;

Figure 5 is a plan view of a modified blank for use :in the packaging of saucers or plates;

Figure 6 is a plan view of the packer formed from the blank of Figure 5 and positioned in a box container;

Figure 7 is a longitudinal cross section taken on line 'I-! of Figure 6; and

Figure 8 is a perspective view of this modified saucer or plate packer removed from the container.

In the drawings are illustrated two forms of packers adapted for use with cups and saucers or plates, but it will be understood that the invention can be modified as desired to suit the shapes and dimensions of a great variety of articles as may be desired in practice.

Referring to Figures 1 to 4 which illustrate the application of the invention to a packer and carrier for cups, it will be observed that the improved packer and carrier is formed from a substantially rectangular blank of suitable card- Ill board or the like which is identified generally by the reference letter A.

The blank A is provided with a medial transverse fold line I3 and with additional parallel fold lines I 4 to 23 inclusive, which fold lines outline a plurality of panels numbered I to I2 inelusive.

The end panels I and I2 are formed with cutouts 24 defining hand grips and the panels 2 and I I immediately adjacent the outer panels I and I2 are coated with gum, glue or the like, 21.

The panels 3 and In next adjacent the gummed panels 2 and II are provided with cut-outs 25 conforming in shape and size to the cups which are to be packed in this particular packer. Preferably, in forming the cut-outs 25, flaps 2.6 will be left in, one associated with each cup cut-out and integral with the next adjacent panels 4 and 9.

The central panels 6 and I are coated with glue 2] .over substantially half of their area next adjacent the medial fold line [3.

In assembling the packer from the blank thus formed and prepared, the blank is folded on each side of the medial fold lines I73 so as to bring the glue-coated surfaces of panel 2 and the coated part of the panel 6 into contact, and the glued portion of panel "I and panel II into contact, in the course of which operation the panels 3, 9 and I0 and the uncoated-portion of panel I are formed into a tubular member or cell with the cut-out portions 25 of panel Ill inwardly directed toward the free end panel I2 which is folded upwardly a ainst the free end panel I of the opposite side. Similarly, the panels 13, 4 and 5 are formed into a similar tubular member on the opposite side with the cut-out portions 25 or the cups in the panel .3 lacing toward the free end panels I and I2 extending medially of the packer.

With the blank in this position the cups C are placed with a portion of each cup extending through a cut-out 25 and the opposite portion of the cup engaging against the upturned free end panels I and I2, as is well illustrated in Figure 2.

With the packed filler in this position it is readily inserted into the container box B with the tubular members engaging the long sides a of the box B and the ends of the filler engaging the ends I) of the box.

The position of the cups in the packed box is clearly disclosed in Figure 3 in which they are indicated by dotted lines, and the box will be provided as is customary with a telescoping top T.

To remove the packer and associated objects it is only necessary to grasp the medial superposed panels I and I2 through the hand grasp 3 openings 24 in the center of the box, and by pulling upwardly on these central free panels the packer is lifted into the position illustrated in Figure 4, thus forming a ready carrier for the articles and a highly attractive display container for the articles for merchandising purposes.

In the modified form of the invention illustrated in Figures 5 to 8, the dimensions and shape of the panels are modified to accommodate saucers or plates P, but these panels and fold lines are otherwise identical with the panels and fold lines in the previously described species. As an additional utility in connection with the packaging of plates or saucers, the hand grips are formed in a slightly different manner, as illustrated in these figures, in which these hand grips are formed by cut-out flaps 34 which are integral with the outer halves of the outermost panels I and I2 defined by medial fold lines 33, and in the folded position of th blank Al flaps 34 are folded outwardly over the central edges of the saucers or plates, as is well illustrated in Figure 7, while the outer halves 35 of the handle panels are folded down, as is also well illustrated in that figure and in Figure 6.

A further modification is illustrated in connection with panels 3 and in which the cut-outs for reception of th plates or saucers are made by forming flaps defined by fold lines 3 I, each of the flaps 30 being bent inwardly to provide marginal contact with the saucers or plates, as is well illustrated in Figure 6.

As in the case of the carrier for cups, the carrier and packer is similarly removed by folding upwardly the halves of the panels I and I2, and by inserting the hand through the associated hand orifices 24' these panels are lifted upwardly, thereby bringing the device into the position illustrated in Figure 8 with the plates standing on edge and back to back, as illustrated therein.

Both embodiments of the invention are characterized by the blank having the medial transverse fold l3 and the symmetrically positioned portions on each side, each formed with a tubular part, the confronting walls of said tubular cells formed with cut-outs for the reception of the fragile articles to be packed and carried. In each case, the device when packed in the container box B is folded outwardly with the free end panels superposed and extending medially of the box, and lengthwise thereof, with the tubular parts disposed against the side walls of the box. In each instance, the device is lifted from the box by pulling upwardly on the superposed free end panels, thereby folding the device on the medial fold line l3 and allowing each of the tubular members to depend on each side of the holding panels.

To assure a sung fit between the packer and the box, the blank for the packer will be of substantially the same width as the box, and of a length sufiicient to form the panels adjacent and on each side of the medial fold line half the length of the box, the remaining panels each of a width substantially the same as the depth of the box, so that the tubular parts and free handle panels each conform in height with the depth of the box.

Various modifications in the proportions and shapes of the panels to accommodate various types of articles, will, as indicated above, readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

Box packer and carrying receptacle for fragile articles comprising a one piece rectangular blank downfolded from its transverse center line and upfolded from transverse lines equidistant from said center line, the upfolded portions providing extensions extending beyond the apex of the dihedral angle formed by the downfolded portions, said extensions being in surface contact, together forming a carrying handle, said upfolded and downfolded portions being in adhered surface contact throughout transverse areas of uniform width extending downward from the apex of said dihedral angle, the latter bifurcating said receptacle below said apex, the lower parts of said upfolded and downfolded portions being creased to form collapsible tubular article receiving cells of rectangular cross-section extending outwardly from the outer sides of said dihedral angle in one position of said receptacle, the bifurcations of said receptacle being hingedly swingable along the line of the apex of said dihedral angle from a position of zero degrees value of said dihedral angle to a position of value, whereby in said latter position said cells are ararranged laterally of said carrying handle and spaced therefrom a distance equal to the width of said adhered areas.

HARWOOD S. TAYLOR, JR.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,177,034 Fleming Oct. 24, 1939 2,368,753 Elliott et a1. Feb. 6, 1945 2,375,056 Wesselman May 1, 1945 2,476,102 Lobell July 12, 1949 2,505,399 Hilton Apr. 25, 1950 2,540,066 Williamson Jan. 30, 1951 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 686,684 France Apr. 15, 1930 

